Restricted original. Use of original by permission of the Manager of the California History Room.
Description
Attributed to Carleton Watkins - reasonably certain Library's collection of mammoth prints printed from negatives by Watkins. View 1 (2005-0643). View along the Columbia River near Celilo at Cape Horn. Shows cliff at right, railroad tracks (center) and river at left. Watkins no. 456 -- view 2 (2010-0536). Shows Cape Horn, railroad on trestle/bridge. Watkins no. 457. Restricted original. Negative, no. 9,393 (4 x 5 in. and 70 mm); no. 9605 (70 mm). Shows basalt cliffs located near Celilo, Oregon with Oregon Portage Railroad located at base of cliffs. Haystack Butte, Washington in background. Historically, were some five Cape Horns associated with Columbia River.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photographic prints mounted on linen : albumen ; 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. on mount 17 x 22 in.
Identifier
(C)001386766CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-0047
Language
English
Subject
Rivers--Oregon Railroad tracks--Oregon Trestles--Oregon Railroad bridges--Oregon Railroads--Oregon Lower Columbia River (Or. and Wash.)--Photographs Oregon--Photographs Photographic prints Mammoth plates Albumen prints Landscape photographs
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